By: Tom Duggan – Oct. 21, 2018 Just days after Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera ordered Dorchester Gas Contractor Feeney Brothers out of his city for their role in the gas explosions on September 13th, Valley Patriot news spotters sent us these photos of Feeney Brothers on Loring Street in Lawrence doing gas work Sunday. Within […]
11/28/17 Three Lawrence Police Officers are at Lawrence General Hospital after saving a man who’s car rolled over and caught fire. Witnessed tell The Valley Patriot that a man ran a stop sign on Kent and South Union Street and struck a police officer who was just leaving a private detail. The man’s car […]
ANDOVER – Fire Chief Michael B. Mansfield says that the Andover Fire and Rescue extinguished a one-alarm house fire this afternoon. At approximately 12:30 p.m., Andover Fire received a report of smoke coming from a home at 11 Princeton Ave. Engine 1, 2 and 3, along with Ladder 1 and Car 1 and 2 responded to the […]
Highway Closure Will Have Major Impact on Evening Commute, Motorists Urged to Avoid the Area and Seek Alternative Routes ANDOVER — Chief Michael Mansfield reports that Andover Fire Rescue is on scene at a chemical fire on the northbound side of Interstate 495 that has resulted in the highway being closed indefinitely. At 11:36 a.m., Andover […]
PHOTOS HERE By: Tom Duggan – June 21, 2017 LAWRENCE – A two alarm fire at 18 Arlington St. in Lawrence left at least 7 people homeless early Wednesday morning. Fire companies from Dracut and other communities raced to the city as flames billowed out of the second and third floor of the building. The […]
PHOTO GALLERY VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 A call to 147 Benington St for a fire Sunday afternoon had Lawrence Police scrambling to get people out of a building that set off a chain reaction of fires on Bennington and Saratoga Streets that reached 6 alarms and drew firefighters from more than a dozen communities. By our […]
By: Senator Katy Ives – Feb. 2017 As regular readers of this column may know, last session I filed a bill to reduce housing costs for veterans by offering a tax rebate to landlords who rent dwellings below market rate to individuals who receive state Chapter 115 veterans’ benefits. In the past legislative session, a […]
By: Tom Duggan – 12-28-16 DONATE HERE Yashua Duerte and Carlos Ortiz were lingering at the Methuen police station for hours on Monday waiting to hear from the Red Cross, or the City of Methuen, or anyone else, as to whether or not their hotel stay at the Day’s Inn would be extended another 24 […]
By: Tom Duggan PHOTOS: J. BERGERON PHOTO GALLERY Firefighters from Lawrence, Andover, North Andover and Lowell have been battling a three alarm blaze at 118 Olive Avenue in Lawrence for more than four hours. Olive Avenue is at the top of Tower Hill which made it very difficult for firefighters to get water pressure onto […]
METHUEN – When Joe Zingales of Team Zingales at Remax Perferred in Methuen found out that Stephanie Santos and her children were burned out of their Perry Street home in Lawrence right before Christmas and had lost everything, he did what Joe always does when there’s someone in need, he decided to pitch in […]
Yesterday’s Updated Fire Story LAWRENCE – Records from the city of Lawrence show that The Merrimack Paper Company, which burned down in a six alarm fire on Thursday, owes the city more than $5M in back taxes and sewer bills on their property at 9 South Canal Street and more than $231,000 on their property […]
By: Tom Duggan – August 13, 2013 State Representative Marcos Devers says he wants to be the next mayor of Lawrence and given the chance, will start to reverse what says are the “failures” of the current Mayor Willie Lantigua. “I am running against him because we are disappointed, everybody is disappointed,” Devers told the […]
How Some of Your Money is Being Spent “Since Recovery Act dollars began to be released in March, the Fifth District has received more than $350 million, helping to create or save 1,600 jobs. This includes construction projects with Lowell Public Housing, Community Health Center expansions in Lawrence and Lowell, and double tracking along the […]
By: Tracey Zysk, Doggie Columnist January, 2010 Kyzer, Julie, Iris, and Eiko. Over the past five years these are names North Andover residents have heard or read about time and time again. But who are they? These brave CANINES are North Andover’s Finest! They help protect the Town of North Andover, Essex County, the […]